原語ゲルマン語 *hind, behind から。語源的には behind と同じ。さらに、おそらく PIE*ken, to make motion, move から。語源的には cinema, conation, kinetic と同じ。つまり、運動の準備をする、後ろ足でパワーアップする、後ろ、後ろ足を意味する語の派生。
英語の語源
hind
hind: English has two words hind. The adjective meaning ‘rear’ [13] probably came mainly from behind, a compound formed in Old English times from bi- ‘by’ and hindan ‘from behind’, whose ultimate origins are unknown. Related are German hinter ‘behind’, the first element of hinterland, which English borrowed in the 19th century, and the verb hinder [OE], etymologically ‘put behind or back’. Hind ‘female deer’ [OE] comes ultimately from Indo- European *kemti-, a derivative of *kem- ‘hornless’. => behind, hinder, hinterland
hind (adj.)
c. 1300, "rear, back," perhaps a back-formation from Old English behindan "back, behind," used as adverb and preposition, or from or influenced by Old English hindan (adv.) "from behind," from Proto-Germanic *hind- "behind" (cognate with Gothic hindan (prep.) "on that side of, beyond, behind;" German hinten "behind"), of unknown origin. Possibly influenced by Middle English hiner (adv.) "back, rear."
hind (n.)
"female deer," Old English hind, from Proto-Germanic *hinthjo- (cognates: Old Norse hind, Dutch hinde, Old High German hinta, German Hinde "hind") perhaps from PIE *kemti-, from root *kem- "hornless" (cognates: Greek kemas, Lithuanian smulas "young deer, gazelle").
例文
1. The higher rates have been a hind ?rance to economic recovery.
高金利は景気回復の障害となっている。
2.You would be more of a hind ?rance than a help.
あなたは助けられないので、かえって邪魔になります。
3.Suddenly the cow kicked up its hind legs.
乳牛が突然ほころび始めた。
4.The horse reared up on its hind legs.
その馬は後ろ足で前に立ち、立ち上がった。
5.The animal is able to stand up on its hind limbs.